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Recent Examples of dramedy
More than two decades after its debut, the beloved dramedy is still finding new fans thanks to streaming.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Glenn Gordon Caron Held up in music rights issues for decades, this ABC hit dramedy was finally made available to Hulu subscribers in October 2023.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Dern and White completely reinvented the cliché of the character who hits rock bottom with this razor-sharp dramedy, which co-stars Luke Wilson, Diane Ladd, Jason Mantzoukas, Robin Wright, Molly Shannon, and Dermot Mulroney.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The dark dramedy series was filmed on location in Mallorca, Spain, and will be available to stream on SkyShowtime, a joint venture of Comcast and Paramount, later this year.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Glenn Gordon Caron Held up in music rights issues for decades, this ABC hit dramedy was finally made available to Hulu subscribers in October 2023.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Dern and White completely reinvented the cliché of the character who hits rock bottom with this razor-sharp dramedy, which co-stars Luke Wilson, Diane Ladd, Jason Mantzoukas, Robin Wright, Molly Shannon, and Dermot Mulroney.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The dark dramedy series was filmed on location in Mallorca, Spain, and will be available to stream on SkyShowtime, a joint venture of Comcast and Paramount, later this year.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramedy
Noun
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Lorre, a veteran comedy creator, executive producer and writer, will speak as part of the Summit Series at the 46th edition of Banff from June 8 to 11, 2025.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Talkback sold to Fremantle (then Pearson Television) and Fincham became CEO of Talkback Thames, which made comedies and the likes of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent for ITV and long-running police drama The Bill.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his tragicomedy take.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Josef Hader The soil of the Austrian countryside is rich with tragicomedy in writer-director-star Hader’s second feature as a director after 2017’s Wild Mouse.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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So what starts out as this high-school melodrama done for laughs grows into something darker and more profound as the story progresses.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this romantic melodrama was filmed on the beaches of Big Sur.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Comic pastiche gives way to tender romantic ballads only to explode in musical psychodrama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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About Town Indie Rock As Father John Misty, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman stages albums as little psychodramas.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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Just last night, the couple attended the opening of Smash—a smart musical about the making of a bad one—accompanied by their 15-year-old twins, just old enough to brave the celebrity circus with their parents as chaperones.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Instagram comment sections are flooded with hearts and flowers; the media memorializes a tragedy.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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These events devastate local communities not just as the tragedy unfolds but in its aftermath.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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The book by Bob Martin travels between Betty’s cartoon world and the real one — or at least the world of musical comedy (which isn’t all that real anyway).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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While the series was on the air, North also appeared as Dennis on The Donna Reed Show and The Red Skelton Hour and in the 1960 musical comedy film Pépé, starring Cantinflas.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Dramedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramedy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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